2007-02-18 07:15:48 · 6 answers · asked by Ian R 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The Ides of March - Julius Caesar
"In the Roman calendar, the Ides of March fell on the 15th day of the Roman month of Martius. The date is famous because Julius Caesar was assassinated on the Ides of March, 44 BC. Because of Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar and its line "Beware the Ides of March", the term possesses a foreboding of doom.
Contemporarily speaking, although the term Ides had real meaning only in the Roman Calendar, which had just been displaced by the Julian Calendar, the term "Ides" was still used in a vernacular sense for centuries afterwards to denote the middle of the month."
2007-02-18 07:22:56 · answer #1 · answered by johnslat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Julius Caesar was assassinated on the Ides of March. You may be interested to know that the Ides of most months ain't the 15th, and the Nones (pronounced with a long O) was another monthly date with a peculiar name.
2007-02-18 09:02:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Ides of March, the day Julius Caesar was assasinated by senators of the Roman Senate
2007-02-18 09:13:54 · answer #3 · answered by blinkky winkky 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Ides of March, Julius Ceasar. Etu Brute?
2007-02-18 07:23:01 · answer #4 · answered by F T 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it was called the Ides of March (15th of March). Julius Ceasar was assassinated on that day.
2007-02-18 07:21:46 · answer #5 · answered by damenona 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
ides of march, julius caesar, the roman emperor was assinated on this day in 33bc by bruts and about 30 (?#) other roman senators who stabbed him to death
its alos my wifes birthday
2007-02-18 08:26:50 · answer #6 · answered by cav 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋